The Current State of Ultrabook PCs
Yesterday, NPD released a glimpse of Ultrabook sales year-to-date. A few things to point out in the release: window notebook PC sales fell 17 percent through the first 5 months of the year Ultrabooks captured 11 percent of the $700+ notebook PC market through the first five months of the year Likley because of ultrabooks, sales […]
Outdoor Tech I think I’m Going to Love – BioLite
I’m an avid hiker, camper, and general outdoorsman. I think over the next few years we are going to see more outdoors-focused tech gear. While I haven’t had the chance to demo it yet, one device I think I could really like is the BioLite CampStove. I like the idea of going on multi-day backpacking trips over […]
What Devices Will Capture Data in the 2nd Digital Decade?
As we make the second digital transition into a decade defined by data, an important facet of this transition are the devices that will ultimately capture the data. Debi Stack, director of industry consulting, telecom, media, entertainment, sports & hospitality at Dell recently suggested data gathered from tablets and other second-screen devices will grow 650% over the next […]
Google Nexus Q: Made in the USA
As was reported by Wired, the New York Times, and the Verge, Google’s forthcoming Nexus Q is manufactured in the United States. In the last few months we’ve definitely been hearing more about an return increase in manufacturing in the US. The most interesting piece to me highlights the flexibility and versatility of manufacturing – Google choose a […]
People to Watch – 2nd Digital Decade
Home Media Magazine put together a great list of those influencing the move to digital content.
Digital Data by the Minute – Infograph
An interesting infographic on the amount of digital data we create each minute.
Consumers to Store more than 1/3 of their Digital Content in the Cloud by 2016
Gartner is predicting consumers will store more than 1/3 of their digital content in the cloud by 2016. This is up from anestimated 7 percent in 2011 according to Gartner.
More summer reading – innovation
ITIF put together their summer reading list focused on innovation and US competitiveness. See the full list here.
Ideas I like: Crowdrise
I often come across ideas/companies I like and while I’d like to write about them briefly I don’t always know where I want to begin. To avoid this obvious hurdle, I’m going to start calling them out. I’ll get back to them later with more thoughts when/if I can. A company/site that caught my attention […]
On Curation – Wedding Photos
I’ve written numerous times about the growing importance of curation (see Curation and Discovery, The future of Curation, and Context and Curation). Wedding Snap is a service available as an iPhone and Android that curations photos taken around a single event but from multiple devices into a single location.
